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Wesgraphics · 9th October 2007, 05:20

I think marketing is more of the issue with Hexagon than the other other two applications.

Hexagon will appeal to the Hobbyist who doesn't want to plunk down a 1000 bucks on something they will only do occasionally.

I use hexagon and am quite happy with the work flow. To me that is more important than having extra tools that I may or may not use.

Hexagon is also a modeler and not a jack of all trades application like modo.

I also have Animation Master which was light years ahead of other applications. The one thing it was lacking was 3D paint, which can be obtained as a third party application. I liked the fact that it had sophisticated animation tools, along with a nice way to make lip sync built in.

Other applications I have are Carrara 6 Pro - one of the friendliest applications around. trueSpace 7.5 - odd interface, but very sophisticated scripting, methods to make your own procedural shaders and all the tools that are standard to box, edge and point modeling and etc.

Looked at modo, but haven't seen anything there that I'd want to plunk down that amount of cash for as there are ways and means of doing stuff differently.

Five years from now, 3D CG applications will make us all look back and wonder why we bought these "dinosaur" applications.

9th October 2007, 05:20	#11 (permalink)
Wesgraphics Please, check your email!!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 83	I think marketing is more of the issue with Hexagon than the other other two applications. Hexagon will appeal to the Hobbyist who doesn't want to plunk down a 1000 bucks on something they will only do occasionally. I use hexagon and am quite happy with the work flow. To me that is more important than having extra tools that I may or may not use. Hexagon is also a modeler and not a jack of all trades application like modo. I also have Animation Master which was light years ahead of other applications. The one thing it was lacking was 3D paint, which can be obtained as a third party application. I liked the fact that it had sophisticated animation tools, along with a nice way to make lip sync built in. Other applications I have are Carrara 6 Pro - one of the friendliest applications around. trueSpace 7.5 - odd interface, but very sophisticated scripting, methods to make your own procedural shaders and all the tools that are standard to box, edge and point modeling and etc. Looked at modo, but haven't seen anything there that I'd want to plunk down that amount of cash for as there are ways and means of doing stuff differently. Five years from now, 3D CG applications will make us all look back and wonder why we bought these "dinosaur" applications.